TikTok influencer Tianna Robillard has been receiving backlash for her irresponsible behavior leading up to a brand trip.
On December 7, the influencer announced that she was accepting an invitation to go on a brand trip to Turks and Caicos with beauty brand Tarte Cosmetics.
However, Robillard’s arrival for the big trip didn’t exactly go as planned.
When she shared a video complaining to her viewers that she missed her flight due to spending extra time removing her self tanner, her comments section began to fill with backlash, calling her behavior rude and out of touch.
“Leave it to me, y’all, to miss my bag check time,” Robillard said to start off her December 10 TikTok video.
She then explained that everyone going on the brand trip was supposed to fly to Miami so they could meet up and then take two planes as a group from there to Turks and Caicos.
“I missed my flight to Miami, so everyone’s gonna be gone when I get there. I don’t get to fly with my friends now,” Robillard continued in the video.
“They’re seeing if they can push one of the planes back, like, an hour and a half, so that maybe I can make it. That’s, like, our hope and dream,” she added.
In the comments, Robillard’s viewers began to point out that her behavior in the situation seemed to come off as careless and rude to the other people on the trip as well as the brand’s employees that planned everything.
“Push an entire plane back for one irresponsible person? That’s terrible,” one commenter said.
“Tell me you’re entitled without telling me you’re entitled 😅” another commenter added.
Many viewers pointed out that Robillard seemed to be ignoring the fact that her delays could potentially affect other people.
“Girl I’d be so annoyed if I had to wait for you. People really need to work on time management, you’re an adult,” one commenter pointed out.
Eventually, Robillard made it to Turks and Caicos after everyone else had already arrived and went on to enjoy the rest of the activities on the trip as planned.
Then, on December 15, she took to TikTok to make a video pushing back against the backlash she had been receiving on the initial video.
“Hey guys, my whole page has been dedicated for the last two years of showing what a hot mess I am, and that I make mistakes, and that I’m human, and that there’s nothing perfect or aesthetic about me at all,” she explained.
She then went on to defend the way the situation was handled, saying that she felt terrible for missing the flight and that the Tarte team was very understanding and that they were the ones to suggest delaying the plane.
“I have never asked the plane to hold for me,” she then clarified. “I can’t. I don’t even know who I would call to do that. That was never an option I thought was possible, that was a suggestion texted to me of a potential option that might be able to happen.”
She then made it clear that they never actually delayed the plane for her, and that the Tarte team and the other influencers on the trip did not feel disrespected by her late arrival.
“They know me, they know my heart, they know my loyalty, they know my dedication, they know how much I love the brands that I work with,” she said of the Tarte team.
She then explained that despite the backlash, she was grateful to have been on the trip.
“We’re all just trying our freaking best,” she said. “We really are just trying our best. And, Tarte team, I love you, thank you for always making me feel like family and just helping me where you could, helping me get there.”
